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Sep 2023
27m 49s

Unleashing CAR T with Carl June

Andreessen Horowitz, a16z Bio + Health
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Carl June, MD, an immunologist and oncologist at the University of Pennsylvania, joins Jorge Conde, general partner at a16z Bio + Health. 
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